Busia boy, 10, seeks help finding father who left him at Nairobi bus station
The boy, Isaac Oronje, travelled with his father, Brighton Baraza, from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on Sunday. His mother, Melissa, lives in Nambale, Busia County.
Efforts are ongoing to find the father of a 10-year-old boy who ended up stranded at the Country Bus station in Nairobi on Sunday, after he left him there, asking him to wait, but never returned.
The boy, Isaac Oronje, travelled with his father, Brighton Baraza, from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on Sunday.
His father instructed him to wait in a specific area but did not return. Oronje remained at the station until the next morning before seeking help from a woman who lives in Airbase Ward, Kamukunji Constituency, for assistance.
She took him to Airbase and handed him over to Abdinasir Wanguthi, the area's Nyumba Kumi chairman.
Speaking to The Eastleigh Voice on Tuesday, Oronje identified his parents as Brighton and Melissa Baraza and said they were divorced. He added that his mother lives in Nambale, Busia County, and sells clothes in the town area, and that he has a younger sister.
"I know my home. I am in Grade Three at St. Mary's [Primary School] in Nambale," he said, adding he wanted to be taken back home.
Oronje was taken to the children's rescue centre at the Pangani Police Station, where efforts to locate his father were initiated.
Abdinasir said he initially reported the case at the nearby Airbase Police Station but did not receive assistance, prompting him to shelter the boy overnight.
"He slept here since there was no help last night from the police. He is now in safe hands," he said.
The Nyumba Kumi chair noted that cases of lost or abandoned children were increasing in Airbase, with one reported almost every two weeks.
"Sometimes we find months-old infants dumped near piles of garbage," he said, describing the situation as a growing crisis.
Following a rise in the number of lost children in recent months, residents and authorities in Airbase and Eastleigh have been on high alert.
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